In our business-oriented language courses, you will mainly practice the skills you need in a professional context: making summaries and presentations, meeting techniques, but also having a chat at the coffee machine.
Ideal to help bridge the language barrier at work and at the same time a boost for your self-confidence!
You can follow these courses in the classroom, but also @home.
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Sonia Trabelsi works for the Federal Police as an analyst and geomatician and last school year she followed a Business Dutch course at CVO Semper campus Brussels.
Hi Sonia, why a Business Dutch course?
I registered for the Business Dutch course to improve my formal and work-related vocabulary. My main goal was to become more confident at work when colleagues or customers speak to me in Dutch.
Did the training meet your real needs?
I will definitely be able to use this new knowledge in my daily work. I receive emails in Dutch almost every day and also have frequent meetings with colleagues and customers. From now on, I will not only understand what is said better, but I will also be able to respond in Dutch. Thanks to the friendly learning environment, I was able and dared to try, fail and then try again.
Does it now make it easier for you to speak in front of a group?
I have not yet given a presentation in Dutch at work, but thanks to the assignments we completed during the course, I now feel much more confident about giving a small presentation to my colleagues.
What did you find most interesting about the course? By the way, is there a word that particularly stuck with you?
We studied different themes and dealt with various situations that we actually encounter in our professional lives. For me, the word ‘challenge’ is not only an important and beautiful word, but it also fully reflects what learning a new language and using it in everyday life entails. Working and studying is certainly a challenge, but at the same time a very rewarding experience.
You can follow this course both from home, @home, and at school, @class. Which formula did you prefer?
I followed the @class course. I found it very well structured and organised. I think a lesson of 3 hours per week is enough to practice the language very practically in class. In addition, you will have enough time to do exercises or assignments at home during the week.
Who would you recommend this course to?
I would recommend the Business Dutch course to anyone who already has a good daily knowledge of Dutch but still wants to feel more confident and better integrated in a bilingual or Dutch-speaking work environment. For me personally, the course was already a great help!